[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WATER AND SEWERAGE SCHEMES. The Local Government Act, 1929, enabled County Councils to give financial assistance towards the cost of water and sewerage schemes being undertaken within their bound- aries. The Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944, somewhat extended the position by providing contributions by the State towards expenses incurred by Local Authorities. This aspect of the Council’s work, which at one time assumed considerable proportions, naturally, like rural housing, diminished to ahnost vanishing point during the war years. Vanishing point, however, was never quite reached, and during 1945 the pendulum began to swing back, and sewage and sewerage disposal schemes to the number of seventeen, and water supply schemes to the number of seven were sub- mitted for approval. In a previous report I pointed out that during the ten years or so in which this work was being effectively dealt with, water and sewerage schemes, towards the cost of which the County Council intimated their willingness to contribute, amounted to over half a million pounds. WATER SUPPLIES. Two major matters call for comment under this heading’ The first of these is the completion by Herbert Lapworth Partners of their “Survey of theWater Supplies and Resources” of the whole County, with their suggestions for the future conservation of these resources and for improvement of water supplies generally. The survey report, which was very comprehensive in its scope, outlines three main catchment areas for development, and, since the receipt of the report, the County Council have been in consultation with the other l.ocal Authorities in the County, including the County Borough of Carlisle, as to future development policy. The County Council regard it as a matter of urgent importance to secure control of the gathering grounds in question, either by private bill or by orders under the Water Act, 1945. There can be no doubt that this step will place the Coimty for all time in an impregnable position in respect of water supplies, whether for domestic, industrial or agricultural purposes. The second major development is concerning the raising of the level of Ennerdale Lake by 5 ft. to provide additional water for industrial developments in the Whitehaven area. This proposal has now been a])pro\ ed by the Council.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29133014_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
